Record ID: YORYM-5B5614
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy knop, possibly from a brooch. Due to the fact the knop is the only surviving piece, it is not possible to date it. The knop has a circular, flat terminal, which is joined to a spherical central piece. The outer surface of the sphere is coated in corroded iron, suggesting that it was joined to a larger item at this junction. The metal is slightly pitted and is a mid greyish-green colour.
Created on: Friday 1st October 2010
Last updated: Friday 1st October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cawton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-00DD35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch dating to the Roman period (1st - 2nd Century). The brooch is of an uncertain type and has some unusual features. The wings and pin mechanism are cylindrical and solid and extend into a trumpet like head. The head then tapers to a wide rounded collar. The bow is long and slender and tapers gradually to the foot. It is undecorated. The catchplate remains intact and is tall and narrow, complete with the catch. The pin is missing. The brooch is corroded and and surface is pitted. The metal is a mid reddish-brown colour.
Created on: Monday 9th August 2010
Last updated: Monday 9th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton Le Willows', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-97CEF2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy dragonesque brooch dating from 75 - 175 AD. The head and foot are missing, as is the pin. The body of the brooch is formed from an S shape, both terminals are well worn. The front surface is decorated with a raised central grid of four squares, with two curved triangles at either side. These raised border would have been infilled with enamel, traces of which an still be seen, but it is badly worn. The reverse is undecorated and pitted. The metal is a mid brownish-green colour. Bayley and Butcher comment that the Flavian period (AD69-96) sees the vir…
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Stainley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-978301
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Knee brooch dating from the 2nd century AD. The brooch is in a T-shape comprising the horizontal wings and a high arched bow. The head has a triangular section, with a raised horizontal ridge across the front. There is a worn stump on the top of the head, which would have represented the head loop. The reverse of the head is concave, as this would have held the spring mechanism. Neither the spring mechanism or the pin survives. The high arched bow is wide and gently tapers to the rounded foot. There is a raised vertical spine running down the fron…
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Stainley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-96E435
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Bow-and-fantail brooch of Roman date. The brooch is broken at the bow resulting in the loss of the head, hinge and pin. All that survives in the lower bow, fantail and the catchplate. The lower bow is wide and rounded and the break is very worn. It extends into the fantail which is triangular in shape, giving the object its 'fantail' title. The fantail is decorated with a moulded, raised semi-circle with inward folding, curling ends and topped by a lozenge shape. The decoration shows the influence of Iron Age designs. The 'cell' which forms the backgr…
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Stainley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-C9EA87
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy miniature Roman brooch, of a simple type. The brooch has a cylinder forming the wings. They are decorated with collars. On the reverse of the wings there is a slot for the pin to sit in. The top end of the pin can be seen in situ, the rest of the pin has broken off. The bow is simple and tapers to the foot. The foot has broken off and the catchplate is damaged. The metal is pitted and has a mid brownish-green colour. This brooch dates to the 1st – 2nd Century.
Created on: Wednesday 7th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 9th April 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saxton with Scarthingwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-B51C36
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 A very fine and elaborate, almost complete Roman Trumpet brooch dating to 75 - 175 AD. This brooch has survived in a pitted condition. The brooch is almost complete but it is damaged and the pin is missing. The pin would have been held in place via the tubular hinge mechanism. The mechanism is formed from a double tube, with the gap in the centre. The axis bar would have been threaded through these and would have held the pin in place. The axis bar remains in situ and the flat and pierced terminal of the pin remains also. The reverse of the head, above and below the hinge mechanis…
Created on: Tuesday 6th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 8th April 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rillington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-1DC606
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy annular brooch. The brooch has an annular frame, with a chamfered triangular section. The frame is otherwise undecorated. There is a recess in the frame for the pin, it is stepped. The pin is incomplete, due to a break near the attachment end. The pin wraps around the recess with a closed loop. Immediately inside the frame the pin extends into a rounded knop, before extending into the pin proper. The break is irregular and worn. The metal is a mid greenish-grey colour. The surface is pitted and damaged. This brooch dates to the medieval period, probab…
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 29th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-1DBAC8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Aucissa brooch of Roman date. The bow, foot and part of the catchplate of the brooch survive but the pin no longer remains. The head has also been broken off of the brooch and all that remains is the collar which acts as the junction between the head and the upper bow. The bow has a high arch with a midrib which is enhanced with moulded transverse lines.  The sides of the bow are straight and taper to the prominent foot knob. From the reverse of the lower bow the remains of the catchplate can be seen though most no longer survives. The metal is a mid …
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 6th April 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-1DB562
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy zoomorphic brooch in the form of a horse. The main body of the brooch is formed from a flat plate of copper alloy, with a moulded front. The horses head is very clear and details such as the eyes, ears, nose and mouth are all visible. The body of the horse is decorated with raised lines. The lines form cells which would once have been infilled with enamel. Only a small trace of enamel survives in situ now. It is a shiny blue. There is a pellet on the horses’ rump and its tail is visible. The legs, seen only as one legs at the front, and one at the bac…
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st April 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-1D9730
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete plate brooch, of Umbonate type. The fragment comprises approximately two-thirds of the brooch. Part of the out rim survives, it is flat and undecorated. The umbonate front of the brooch has a central, raised knop and raised lines radiating down from the centre. The cells in between the lines have been infilled with enamel. Only parts of this now survives, with the dominant colour being a mustard-yellow colour. The reverse of the brooch is hollow and reflects the umbonate front. On the reverse of the surviving rim are the remains of the double lug, surviving simply as two…
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st April 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-1D7DA8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date. The head, bow, acanthus moulding and part of the spring mechanism all survive. On the reverse of the head the spring mechanism is present with four broken turns of the spring and the axis bar. These are held in place via a loop. The head is wide and trumpet shaped and is undecorated. From here the upper bow extends to the acanthus moulding below which are a set of  collars. Extending down from the lower collars is the straight lower bow, it is broken at this point, therefore resulting in the lose of the catchplate. T…
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st April 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-0D5A98
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Polden Hill type brooch dating to the 1st century AD. The head is large and rounded and sits high above the wings. The wings are semi-circular, with a hollow cut away on the reverse. The terminals of the wings are rounded. The bow simply tapers from the head, to form a circular sectioned bow. The foot has broken off, which has also removed the catchplate. There is no spring or hinge mechanisms surviving, and the pin is also missing. Similar brooches can be seen in Hattatt, p300, Fig: 159.  
Created on: Monday 29th March 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st April 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-0D30C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy headstud variant brooch. The brooch survives intact and has some unusual features. The head of the brooch is prominent and features the headstud. The headstud itself extends to form an elongated spine down the front of the bow. The wings are short and are decorated with vertical incised lines. There is a small loop over the top of the head holding the external chord in place. The external chord extends to form the spring, held in place via an axis bar. The axis bar passes through a heavy-duty pierced loop on the reverse of the head. This spring mechanism is simpl…
Created on: Monday 29th March 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st April 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-0D2A06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman disc brooch, from the 2nd Century AD. The brooch comprises a circular, flat plate, with six circular lobes extending out around the edge, at almost equal intervals. Each one has a circular depression, infilled with either a light blue enamel or a whitish-cream enamel. The main plate has a raised rim decorated with short incised lines. Inside the rim there is a circular depression also infilled with enamel, the colour of which is largely indistinct due to the crystallisation that has occurred, at the moment it appears as a light creamy-green colour. In the ce…
Created on: Monday 29th March 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st April 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-6AAE43
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date. Only the head survives. The head is wide and trumpet shaped and is undecorated. The break occurs at the top of the bow. On the reverse of the head the broken loop can be seen, this loop would have been the spring in position. The metal is a light greenish-brown colour and survives in poor condition. Brooches of this type date from between 75-175 AD. Similar examples can be seen in Hattatt, p326, fig.185.
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stonegrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-9790F5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Aucissa brooch of Roman date. Only a fragment of the catchplate and the pin are missing. Behind the head the hinge mechanism, formed from a double tubular lug remains in situ. The axis bar also survives. Below the head is a blank collar. The bow is distinctly curved with a flat section and a prominent midrib on the face. The top of the midrib is enhanced with moulded transverse lines. The bow is fluted to either side of the rib. The sides of the bow are straight and taper to the foot, which is damaged. From the reverse of the lower bow the remains of th…
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hunmanby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-2D3B87
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman penannular brooch. The brooch has been slightly bent out of shape. Both terminals survive, both culminates in round knops, decorated with incised lines, arranged in a spiral formation. The pin no longer remains. The brooch itself is a light mid brownish-green in colour and slightly pitted. A similar example can be seen in Hattatt, p.339, fig.1278.
Created on: Wednesday 12th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gargrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-91C287
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman Headstud brooch made of copper alloy. Headstud brooches date from 75 - 175 AD. Each brooch would have been worn on the shoulder and the chain would have been suspended between them. The head of the brooch features the ring and dot headstud, largely coated with dark red enamel. The head loop does not survive. The wings are short and undecorated. The wings have a concave reverse, which the hinge or spring mechanism would have been built into. The loop that would have held the spring and axis bar, the spring/hinge mechanism and pin no longer survives. The bow tapers to the foot. T…
Created on: Wednesday 17th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rainton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-8F1EF4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Colchester one piece brooch, dating to the 1st century AD. The object consists of the bow of the brooch, and the remains of the wings. The pin and catchplate are missing; the breaks are well worn. The wings remain complete in their tubular form with the axis bar and the upper terminal of the hinged pin. The bow has a circular section and tapers to the foot. It is undecorated. The object is extremely worn and pitted and has a mid lime-green patina. Parallel for this brooch can be found in Hattatt, 2000, p296, Fig:155.
Created on: Friday 5th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westow', grid reference and parish protected.